Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Hojin Jung

Myeongsu Oh

Duho Chu

Yongyoun Kim

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Hyoungtak Cho

Myunghoon Kwak

Junhyuk Kim

Hyunggwang Kang

Moonsun Kim

Moonchul Shin

Wonho Lee

Hyunsuk Kim

Jaesung Shim

Soyoung Lee

Youngmin Kang

Hoyoung Jeong

Jaebong Chun

Hochul Hwang

Seungjoon Lee

Jooyoung Kang

Kyungmoon Seol

Sanghyuk Park

Sungho Ahn

Seongyong An

Soohyun Seo

Youngmin Ji

Seohyun Back

Sungjin Kim

Byounguk Yoon

Changryong Heo

Junyoung Choi

Jookwan Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Nakhyun Choi

Junghyeob Lee

Kyungsu Kim

Jongoh Lim

Taeho Kil

Boochul Bae

Huiwon Yun

Jaewon Kim

Joongyeon Cho

Yongjin Kwon

Jihea Park

Inkuk Yun

Jihyung Jung

Younguk Kim

Baekeun Cho

Bohyeon Kim

Hyunhan Kim

Jonghwa Lee

Kangwook Lee

Daehun Kim

Taeyang Song

Hyunbum Kim

Seunghak Yu

Gyubin Son

Changmin Kim

Jiin Nam

Kunal Chawla

Akhil Kedia

Hoyoung Jeon

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a first support, a second support, a flexible display, a motor assembly including a motor, and a first thermal conductive member including a thermally conductive material. The second housing may be slidable relative to the first housing. The first support may be positioned in the first housing. The second support may be positioned in the second housing. The flexible display may include a first area and a second area configured to extend from the first area. The first area may be disposed on the first support and be configured to be visible to the outside of the electronic device. The second area may be configured to, during sliding of the second housing, be withdrawn from or inserted into an inner space of the electronic device while being supported by the second support. The motor assembly may be connected to the second support through a bracket disposed on the second support and be configured to provide a drive force for sliding of the second housing. The first thermal conductive member may be disposed on the first support. Based on the second area being inserted in the inner space of the electronic device, the bracket may be configured to be in contact with the first thermal conductive member.

Electronic device including sliding structure and flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, the first housing slidable with respect to the second housing, a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area and bendable or rollable, a battery disposed in the first housing or the second housing, and a supporting structure supporting at least a portion of the flexible display. The supporting structure includes a first area overlapping the battery and a second area extending from the first area. The first area of the supporting structure has a first thickness, and the second area of the supporting structure has a second thickness larger than the first thickness.

Flexible display and electronic device including same

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a display configured to be at least partially unfolded based on the sliding movement of the first housing, and including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a battery disposed in the first housing, a driver configured to provide a driving force for the sliding movement to the first housing, and including a motor disposed in the first housing and a gear structure including a gear at least partially disposed in the second housing and connected to the motor, and an elastic member comprising a material arranged to be compressible and to provide an elastic restoring force disposed in the second housing. The gear structure may be disposed adjacent to one end of the battery, and the elastic member may be disposed adjacent to the other end of the battery facing a direction opposite to the one end of the battery.

Electronic device including elastic member

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one hinge device, a plurality of housings that are foldably connected to each other via the at least one hinge device and configured to at least partially define a rolling space in a rolled state, a flexible display supported by the plurality of housings and disposed to be visible from the outside in the rolled state, a cavity defined to have a predetermined spatial volume through a conductive material in a first housing among the plurality of housings, wherein the cavity includes a slit that is at least partially connected to the outside, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in an inner space of at least one housing among the plurality of housings and electrically connected to a first point within the cavity, wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to form a radiation pattern through the cavity structure.

Antenna and electronic device including same

Disclosed are an electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on the basis of a grip shape and a method for controlling same. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present document may be configured to display, on a flexible display, a one-handed mode screen which is reduced and displayed according to a predetermined ratio so as to correspond to a first screen, detect, while the one-handed mode screen is displayed, that a first housing is moved, and determine, on the basis of the detection of the movement of the first housing, the direction of expansion of the one-handed mode screen depending on whether a grip of a portion of a user's body on the top portion of the first housing is sensed by a first grip sensor, among grip sensors, which is disposed on the edge of the first housing.

Electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on basis of grip shape and method for controlling same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a rollable display, includes a rotation shaft arranged in an inner space of a housing in a first direction, a first printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to the rotation shaft, a rollable display arranged to be wound in the inner space of the housing, and is drawn out from the inside to the outside of the housing in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation shaft and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first electrical component which is arranged in the inner space of the housing and between a first flat portion and one end of the rotation shaft, fixed irrespective of the rotation of the rotation shaft, and a first rollable flexible PCB (FPCB) which allows the first PCB and the first electrical component to be electrically connected to each other.

Electronic device comprising rollable display

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus may comprise: a first housing; a second housing configured to slide with respect to the first housing; a display comprising a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area, positioned on the first housing and the second housing; and a rotating support configured to support the display, the rotating support being rotatably connected to the second housing.

Slidable electronic apparatus and method for using transparent display in said electronic apparatus

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication interface, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a user command from the user and control the communication interface to transmit the user command to a plurality of external devices, receive information on a first question generated based on the user command and information on first response to the generated first question acquired from users of each of the plurality of external devices, identify whether there a conflict between each first response occurs, acquire information on a subject to be re-questioned, control the communication interface to transmit information on the conflict to at least one external device identified, receive information on a second response to a second question generated, and acquire a final response based on the information on the first response and the information on the second response and output the final response.

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof

An electronic device and a touch control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display that is drawn into or out of the housing by a sliding operation, a transparent window disposed in the housing so that a partial region of the flexible display drawn into the housing passes therethrough, and a transparent electrode layer disposed between the transparent window and the flexible display. At least one first touch electrode may be disposed in the transparent electrode layer. The at least one first touch electrode disposed in the transparent electrode layer may be activated. At least one second touch electrode arranged in the partial region of the flexible display may be deactivated.

Electronic device including flexible display, window, and touch electrode in electrode layer between window and flexible display, and touch control method therefor

An electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to receive at least a portion of the first housing and move relative to the first housing, a display configured to be rolled or unrolled based on a slide of the housing, a display supporting member supporting at least a portion of the display, a motor structure including a motor core configured to generate a driving force for the slide of the housing and disposed in the housing, a first gear assembly connected to the first housing and a first end of the motor structure and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force generated by the motor core to the first housing, and a second gear assembly connected to the display supporting member and a second end of the motor structure, which is opposite to the first end, and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force to the display supporting member.

Rollable electronic device including gear assembly

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a second antenna segmented from the first antenna, a switch selectively coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna, a front end module connected to the switch, and a radio frequency (RF) communication circuit, wherein the RF communication circuit controls to communicate using the first antenna, determines whether radiation power through the first antenna is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and if the radiation power through the first antenna is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, checks the in-phase quadrature phase (IQ) value of the first antenna, determines whether the IQ value corresponds to a switching condition of the second antenna, and if the IQ value corresponds to the switching condition of the second antenna, may switch the first antenna to the second antenna.

Electronic device and method for operating antenna

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first housing may include a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, and the first conductive area may include a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge, a third surface of the second housing may include a second conductive area, and the second conductive area may include a second slit, wherein, in a first state, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit may overlap the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first part, a second part, a connection part disposed and coupled to the first part and the second part such that the first part and the second part are rotatable, a first antenna module disposed in the first part and includes an antenna array, a second antenna module disposed in the second part and includes an antenna array, a processor disposed in the first part, an IFIC disposed in the first part and electrically connected to the first antenna module and the processor, a second IFIC disposed in the second part and electrically connected to the second antenna module and the processor and an FPCB disposed over the first part, the connection part, and the second part, and is configured to transfer a digital signal or a baseband I/Q signal between the processor and the second IFIC.

Electronic device including antenna module

An electronic device of various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing, a cylindrical support member disposed in the housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in the housing, a first antenna disposed in the housing, and a first wireless communication circuit disposed on the first printed circuit board. The housing may include a first surface, a second surface parallel to the first surface, and a side surface surrounding at least one portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface. The side surface may include a first side surface and a second side surface forming an angle with the first side surface at a first edge. The first antenna may be disposed adjacent to at least one portion of the first edge and spaced apart from the cylindrical support member by a predetermined distance. The first wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed power to the first antenna and transmit and receive a signal of a frequency band.

Electronic device including antenna

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a housing which comprises a front surface plate, a rear surface plate oriented in the opposite direction to the front surface plate, and a side surface member surrounding the space between the front surface plate and the rear surface plate, at least a portion of the side surface member including at least one conductive section positioned between a first non-conductive section and a second non-conductive section which are spaced apart from each other, a conductive extended portion part extending from at least a partial area of the conductive section to the space, a printed circuit board disposed in the space, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically connected a point which is in the conductive section and spaced toward a first location from the first non-conductive section.

Antenna and electronic apparatus including same

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Hojin Jung